Tuesday, 27 August 2019

The Many Faces of Jihad by Raymond Ibrahim

New post on Raymond Ibrahim

The Many Faces of Jihad

by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPage Magazine One of the longest standing apologias for Islam is that the Arabic word jihad does not mean “holy war,” as earlier scholars (mostly Orientalists) often translated it.  Rather, we are repeatedly reminded—especially by those notorious for whitewashing Islam—that jihad simply means to “strive” for something, with no necessary connotation of violence. While this […]

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